Celebrating Black Joy and Excellence – Past, present and future.
Join us all month long for programs, creative experiences, community moments, and reads that spotlight the brilliance, stories, and contributions of
Black communities in Canada and across the diaspora.
From hands-on workshops and cultural experiences to booklists you can borrow instantly
this page is your hub for celebrating, learning, and showing up with intention (and joy).
Events
Great Black Music Community Spotify Playlist
Stories from Our Table: A Black Community Recipe Book
Create Your Own Motto Buttons
In Conversation with Black Canadian Authors
Explore Black Voices
Not sure what to pick up next? Start here. Explore staff-curated booklists for all ages, celebrating Black history, Black creativity, and Black voices you’ll want on your shelf all year long.
YA Reads by Black Authors
Black Food! 👨🏿🍳
Children's Books That Celebrate Black Joy!
Black in the Garden & Black Food Culture
YA Reads by Black Authors
Black Food! 👨🏿🍳
Children's Books That Celebrate Black Joy!
Black in the Garden & Black Food Culture
The Pickering Public Library Anti-Black Racism Working Group (ABRWG) is a community-based group, focusing on Library services with a lens of anti-Black racism. The ABRWG reviews community feedback and identified priorities, and collaborates with Library staff to create and implement action plans for improvements and enhancements. Recommendations and action plans will focus on identified systemic discrimination impacting the Library experience for community members who self-identify as Black.
Learn more now at pickeringlibrary.ca/abrwg/
The City of Pickering proudly joins all residents, organizations, and community partners across Durham Region in celebrating Black History Month as we collectively honour and centre the experiences, histories, contributions, and achievements of diverse Black communities in Canada and around the world. Throughout the month of February and beyond, we encourage staff, residents and community partners to take time to learn, reflect and engage in the many initiatives across Durham Region that honour Black Excellence.
Visit pickering.ca for a curated collection of activities that you can participate in each day of the month. Click on each of the activity prompts to access links to each resource.
